Jan 29, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Physics, with Education Concentration, B.A.

Requirements for Major with Education Concentration

A Minimum of Eight Units in Physics, Including:

PHYS 167: Analytical Physics I (1 Unit)
PHYS 168: Analytical Physics II (1 Unit)
PHYS 243: Introduction to Mathematical Methods in Physics I (.5 Unit)
PHYS 244: Introduction to Mathematical Methods in Physics II (.5 Unit)
PHYS 250: Introductory Modern Physics (1 Unit)
PHYS 325: Theoretical Mechanics (1 Unit)
PHYS 336: Electricity and Magnetism (1 Unit)

Plus Two Units Selected From:

PHYS 105: Introductory Astronomy (1 Unit)
PHYS 206: Astrophysics I: Stars, Galaxies and Cosmology (1 Unit)
PHYS 245: Electronics (1 Unit)
PHYS 308: Optics (1 Unit)
PHYS 322: Solid State and Nuclear Physics (1 Unit)
PHYS 350: Advanced Laboratory (1 Unit)
PHYS 380: Mathematical Physics (1 Unit)
PHYS 384: Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (1 Unit)
PHYS 387: Quantum Mechanics (1 Unit)

Cognate Courses:

MATH 141: Calculus of a Single Variable I (1 Unit)
MATH 143: Calculus of a Single Variable II (1 Unit)
MATH 245: Multivariate Calculus (1 Unit)
MATH 247: Differential Equations and Linear Algebra (1 Unit)
Plus one cognate from the courses listed below:
BIOL 195: Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity (1 Unit)
GEOL 101: Introductory Geology (1 Unit)
GEOL 103: Introduction to Earth History (1 Unit)
GEOL 104: Earth Resources and the Environment (1 Unit)

Completion of Education Concentration